Three people have been arrested after a man was found dead in a Tyneside house.

Paramedics were called to Faraday Grove, in Bensham , Gateshead, on Friday afternoon.

They found a 37-year-old man dead inside the property at just after 3.20pm and alerted the police. However, the death itself is not being treated as suspicious and the men have been arrested on alleged drugs offences.

A Northumbria Police spokesman said: “At 3.21pm on Friday police received a report from the ambulance service that a man had died inside an address on Faraday Grove in Bensham. Three people have been arrested on suspicion of drugs offences and they have been bailed pending further enquiries. A report has been prepared for the coroner.”